Moths

My moth collection is rather meagre because it’s resulted from opportunism, rather than being built by my actually seeking moths out. I don’t set moth traps for the night flying moths and, thus, I am limited to day flying moths or any that we happen to spot resting, waiting for the hours of darkness.

Perhaps for the same reason, I’m a self confessed moth numbskull who’s rubbish at identifying them. Thus, for many of these identifications I am indebted to our county moth recorders at the BNHS and to iSpot.

The sequence here follows that of the Concise Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland (Townsend/Waring), with foreign species shoehorned in with the appropriate family (I hope).